The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 14, 1909
Last Quarter
54.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 AM
10:49 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.8%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -171
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 250.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 09m / -22.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.15° / 0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.43° / 0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.27° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.